Help !! Please.....

[vw754]

Kitchen unit has dropped down , luckily I got it whilst I was in the kitchen , one of the brackets has come off and left holes like the picture , it's a crappy new build extension added on a few years ago to my 1930's semi.

Big holes are exactly where the bracket needs to go ....not sure what is best method.... first I thought fill it with cement , then I thought put a batton on to the wall then bracket on the batton but that would make my wall units stick out too much , any help would be appreciated.

1 of the picture shows bracket on one side just so you know what bracket is like if it helps.

 

[securespark]

Can't you move the bracket in a bit from the corner and still catch the gubbins?

 

[Stuckinarut]

Can't you move the bracket in a bit from the corner and still catch the gubbins?

I think the unit dictates as the hooking mechanism is usually fixed on the corner. @vw754 can you open up the front all slightly and place a longer batten behind the wall and then fix the bracket to this?

 

[vw754]

Can't you move the bracket in a bit from the corner and still catch the gubbins?

I will look into that in the morning , thanks mate.

 

[vw754]

I think the unit dictates as the hooking mechanism is usually fixed on the corner. @vw754 can you open up the front all slightly and place a longer batten behind the wall and then fix the bracket to this?

I think I could do that , didn't want to but if securespark's idea doesn't work then this is my other option , thanks

 

[Feck]

This would do the job.

2.4m x 5mm x 48mm Galvanised Steel Cabinet Bracket

Suitable for use with both kitchen and bathroom cabinets, this wall hung cabinet bracket will ensure your cupboards remain strong and sturdy.

www.howdens.com

Also available from other suppliers.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Big holes are exactly where the bracket needs to go ....not sure what is best method.... first I thought fill it with cement , then I thought put a batton on to the wall then bracket on the batton but that would make my wall units stick out too much , any help would be appreciated.

Make a slot in the plasterboard, wide enough, and high enough, to slide in a piece of 10mm ply, or similar. Make the slot away from the area where you need the fixings, pass a loop of string, through one of the present fixing holes, down and out through your new slot, and through a hole drilled in the ply, so you can pull the ply up where you need it. Now fix the ply in place, with a screw at each corner, through the plasterboard.

Insert a second piece of ply, a little larger than your slot, into the slot, with a screw fixed in the middle, to act as a handle. Adjust the ply, so it acts as a backer, to enable you to fill the hole, add four screws, one at each corner, through the plasterboard to retain the ply in place. Now remove the screw you added as an handle, and plaster the slot up level.

 

[vw754]

This would do the job.

2.4m x 5mm x 48mm Galvanised Steel Cabinet Bracket

Suitable for use with both kitchen and bathroom cabinets, this wall hung cabinet bracket will ensure your cupboards remain strong and sturdy.

www.howdens.com

Also available from other suppliers.

Fantastic mate !
Thank you

 

[vw754]

Make a slot in the plasterboard, wide enough, and high enough, to slide in a piece of 10mm ply, or similar. Make the slot away from the area where you need the fixings, pass a loop of string, through one of the present fixing holes, down and out through your new slot, and through a hole drilled in the ply, so you can pull the ply up where you need it. Now fix the ply in place, with a screw at each corner, through the plasterboard.

Insert a second piece of ply, a little larger than your slot, into the slot, with a screw fixed in the middle, to act as a handle. Adjust the ply, so it acts as a backer, to enable you to fill the hole, add four screws, one at each corner, through the plasterboard to retain the ply in place. Now remove the screw you added as an handle, and plaster the slot up level.

Thank you appreciate it

 

[Diver Fred]

This would do the job.

2.4m x 5mm x 48mm Galvanised Steel Cabinet Bracket

Suitable for use with both kitchen and bathroom cabinets, this wall hung cabinet bracket will ensure your cupboards remain strong and sturdy.

www.howdens.com

Also available from other suppliers.

By far the best if not the only solution.
Looks like you have an adjoining cupboard to the one that came down. I'd recommend that you take that cupboard (and any others on that wall and use the rail to support all the cupboards.
If you have adjoining cupboards there should be fixings to hold the adjacent cupboard sides together - that looks to be missing.

 

[vw754]

By far the best if not the only solution.
Looks like you have an adjoining cupboard to the one that came down. I'd recommend that you take that cupboard (and any others on that wall and use the rail to support all the cupboards.
If you have adjoining cupboards there should be fixings to hold the adjacent cupboard sides together - that looks to be missing.

The sides hold together with screws , which I ( don't know why) I didn't use , however I did use on the other side.
Another question.....if I use really long screws which I'm thinking would go into the breeze block behind , that could potentially make it more sturdy?

 

[Diver Fred]

Is the wall Plasterboard - Dot'n'Dab onto a block wall? My first thought on seeing your picture of the wall was it is a stud and plasterboard wall. I was intending to comment that the long rail will have more supportive strength as it can be fixed to all the studs through the plasterboard. Certainly you really do need to fix the rail through the plasterboard to the supporting underlying structure.

 

[vw754]

Breeze block then plaster board

 

[Diver Fred]

Breeze block then plaster board

Very definitely - fix into the Breeze blocks - to at least half the thickness of the blocks. use plenty of fixings on the rail.

 

[vw754]

Thank you for every ones help....solved.